Digital Books for teachers & learners

We have a range of digital books published on behalf of Helbling Languages:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Resourceful Teacher Series is the methodology series that offers teachers, teacher trainers and teacher trainees a discussion of new developments in various areas, such as linguistics, pedagogy and cognitive psychology and suggestions on how to use them effectively in class.

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Teaching Chunks of Language is a motivating new resource book based on the fundamental assumptions of the so-called lexical (or ‘chunk teaching’) approach. Language as used by native speakers consists substantially of memorized multi-word chunks (e.g. by the way). For learners of a foreign language, knowledge of chunks is strongly associated with important aspects of proficiency such as oral fluency and naturalness of expression.Teaching Chunks of Language suggests a communicative approach to the teaching of chunks of language. Most of the activities presented are decidedly communicative and involve a lot of speaking and listening as well as intensive reading and some writing.

£26.95

The Principled Communicative Approach offers a fresh take on communicative language teaching, based on cutting-edge research in psychology and linguistics.The Principled Communicative Approach integrates scientific discoveries with the accumulated experience of classroom practitioners.In this book the three renowned authors propose seven key principles that underlie effective communicative teaching, and then illustrate these principles with 75 practical classroom activities.

From Whiteboards to Web 2.0 links interactive whiteboards and the internet to make language-learning activities both fun and effective. With more than 80 practical activities.From Whiteboards to Web 2.0 guides teachers to the most popular and user-friendly web tools to create activities for students to use both in and outside the classroom to maximize their language learning.From Whiteboards to Web 2.0 is divided into three main sections, Image-based activities, Sound and video-based activities and Text-based activities. A strong emphasis has been placed on promoting learner interaction and active language practice and communication in the classroom.

£26.95

Mind the App! is an exciting and innovative resource book which introduces teachers and their students to some of the most useful and interesting web applications for language teaching and learning.Mind the App! covers a wide variety of applications such as Wordle, Animoto, TodaysMeet, Voicethread, Prezi and Learning Apps, all of which are presented in clearly explained step- by -step sequences using screenshots.Each application includes a variety of activities to stimulate students’ interest and to help them understand how the applications work and how best they can be used.

Thinking in the EFL Class progresses to the fundamentals of building a positive class atmosphere for communicating well and in English.Thinking in the EFL Class offers over 30 well-thought out, realistic tips for teachers and over 85 practical, easy-to-use activities for language classes.These tips and activities encourage flexibility, fun, creativity and rigour in teacher and student thinking.They involve minimal preparation and a wide range of interesting topics.Most of the activities are multi-level and adaptable from elementary to advanced students.

£26.95

Multiple Intelligences in EFL gives a brief overview of the latest research into multiple intelligences relevant for EFL.Multiple Intelligences in EFL shows how you can enrich your own teaching by systematically activating other intelligences in your language lessons.Multiple Intelligences in EFL demonstrates what you can do so that more students feel “addressed” in your class.Multiple Intelligences in EFL will help you to appreciate otherwise hidden strengths in your students.Multiple Intelligences in EFL provides fun lessons for your students - through 99 clear and easy-to-follow teaching recipes.

Language Hungry! teaches you how to learn in an effective way while exploiting your brain's potential. You will learn not to waste time and resources, have more control over your thoughts and increase your fun and success within the classroom.Language Hungry! stimulates passion for learning and so makes the reader 'hungry for language!'Language Hungry! is appropriate for students and teachers of all levels. It contains a large variety of ideas and stories which invite the reader to experiment with new skills, new ideas and positive ways which favour success in language acquisition.

£26.95

Teaching Grammar Creatively is a practical new resource book that offers a variety of lessons and activities for everyday use in your English language class.It aims to stimulate the imagination, humour and creativity of your students and increase the effectiveness of grammar practice.Teaching Grammar Creatively offers more than 50 complete lessons covering a wide range of grammar structures, learner levels, and age groups. Each lesson is divided into two main sections: Language Awareness Activities and Creative Grammar Practice.The Language Awareness Activities are designed to introduce and provide initial practice of items that may still be unfamiliar to your students.

Creative Writing offers more than 80 inspiring activities to stimulate your students to want to write things down in English. Each lesson is based on ‘real’ writing – writing that conveys a meaningful message, either from the student to him- or herself or to a real recipient. This has two main benefits: first, it speeds learning, and second, it creates a real sense of enjoyment and fulfilment for your students.Creative Writing is packed with great writing ideas from providing practical help in producing exam answers to suggesting interesting new ways of telling stories. Plus there’s a wide range of lesson plans that will be of value to you as an EFL teacher, whether you’re fresh out of teacher-training college or have been teaching English successfully for 40 years.

£26.95

Imagine That! explores new ways to enliven your classroom by opening "the mind's eye, ear and heart" with motivating activities that help your students learn more effectively. Using more of their inner resources, students will find greater personal meaning in the classroom experience..Imagine That! presents a clear introduction to mental imagery, stressing its importance for our cognitive processes in general and for better language learning. A brief review of relevant research provides a background for the many practical ideas about using imagery in secondary and adult ELT classrooms described in this book. All the language skills are addressed.

This is an exciting guide to writing stories, based on the basic assumption that storytelling is a fundamental need for all people of every age and in every society and that, as stories are mostly communicated by words, then story-making and sharing should be a fundamental part of all language learning experience.
Writing Stories is a resource book for teachers working with both teenagers and learners of lower intermediate language level upwards.
Writing Stories includes short activities which help the students develop their story writing skills.

£26.95

Activities for Interactive Whiteboards contains 95 stimulating activities to use your interactive whiteboard to the full in your English language class.Activities for Interactive Whiteboards offers both traditional and innovative ideas that address multiple intelligence approaches to language teaching and cater for all language skills and language levels, from elementary to advanced.Activities for Interactive Whiteboards is divided into three main sections, Image-based activities, Sound and video-based activities and Text-based activities. A strong emphasis has been placed on promoting learner interaction and active language practice and communication in the classroom.

Seeds of Confidence presents current thinking on a very important aspect of the affective domain - self-esteem - and provides teachers with motivating, creative activities for use in the classroom to develop both language skills and learner confidence. As has been said, confidence leads to competence.In Seeds of Confidence five essential components of self-esteem are covered: security, identity, belonging, purpose and competence. Many suggestions are given for dealing with each in the classroom and so creating a classroom climate in which real language learning can grow.

£29.95

English through ART brings together 100 highly varied, original, ready-to-use activities to foster real communication in English through imaginative responses to both artistic images and easy-to-do creative work.English through ART comes with 50 full-colour reproductions from the National Museum and gallery of Wales to use alongside those activities that work best with images. The activities themselves can easily be adapted and used for different levels, from elementary to advanced, with teenagers, young adults and adults, in EFL/ESL, CLIL and Art and Design classes and for individual, small group and whole class work.